UT football: Muschamp lures a Longhorn

AUSTIN — Turns out, the rumors of Will Muschamp recruiting an old Texas co-worker to join him in Florida weren’t entirely false.

Florida announced Monday that George Wynn, the assistant athletic director for football operations at UT, has been hired to fill the same spot on Muschamp’s staff.

Wynn, who spent six years with the Longhorns helping to oversee scheduling, travel, player activities, camps and day-to-day operations, was a college teammate of Muschamp’s at Georgia. In a statement announcing staff additions — which included offensive coordinator Charlie Weis — Muschamp cited his 20-year relationship with Wynn.

In the hysteria following Muschamp’s decision to leave his role as UT’s defensive coordinator/head coach in waiting and accept the head coach job with the Gators, it was reported that Longhorns running backs coach Major Applewhite, defensive backs coach Duane Akina and defensive ends coach Oscar Giles were all set to join him. But Muschamp has now filled out the bulk of his new staff, and all three of those assistants remain at UT.